The crime writer renovating a derelict Tipperary schoolhouse: Rotting timbers, crumbling masonry but I felt calm
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Andrea Carter bought a derelict 19th century schoolhouse in Co Tipperary. She grew up in a similar converted property in Co Laois. The building features rotting timbers and crumbling masonry, but the process makes her feel calm.
Having grown up in just such a converted property in Co Laois, buying a derelict 19th century one in Co Tipperary was a sort of homecoming for Andrea Carter